excusator

English

Etymology

Noun

excusator (plural excusators)

(obsolete) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for excusator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

excūsātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of excūsō
third-person singular future passive imperative of excūsō

References

excusator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
excusator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
excusator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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